Screenwriter Sues For Back Royalties On Red Detachment Of Women Ballet

“Last November, actress Liang Danni filed a complaint in Beijing’s Xicheng District Court against the National Ballet of China on behalf of her 87-year-old father, claiming 550,000 yuan ($86,968) in compensation and demanding a public apology. The elder Liang wrote the script for the original, film version of The Red Detachment of Women, from which the iconic Cultural Revolution ballet was adapted.